Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

192 193 194192A NORTH EUROPEAN SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1740with two-stage blade inlaid with a running pattern of brassflowers and foliage, steel hilt including short quillon withfaceted globular terminal, small double shell-guard,knuckle-guard interrupted by a faceted spherical moulding,faceted globular pommel, decorated throughout withetched foliage and later grip; and A COMPOSITE SMALLSWORD, 18TH CENTURY, with earlier blade stamped ‘HansMoun Solindio’ within a short fuller on each side, steel hiltincluding shallow-bowl-shaped guard, and the quillon,knuckle-guard, pommel and grip each decorate with afaceted pattern79cm; 31in blade(2)£700-900193A TRANSITIONAL SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1680with associated blade of flattened-rounded section stamped‘Inini’ on each side at the forte and cut with a very shortfuller, steel hilt of moulded bars including down-curvedquillon with fluted barrel-shaped terminal, inner and outershell-guards each fitted with a sprung-in plate pierced witha panel of holes within a foliate frame, moulded knuckleguardjoined by a pair of scrolling bars at the base, andfluted pommel en suite with the quillon (later grip)74.2cm; 29D in blade£800-1000194A TRANSITIONAL SMALL-SWORD, CIRCA 1680with blade of flattened-hexagonal section retaining traces ofa bladesmith’s stamp within a pair of short fullers on eachside, fluted steel hilt including double shell-guard, a pair offlattened quillons swelling towards the terminals, a pair ofarms, and ovoid pommel, and later grip bound with plaitedwire and Turks’ heads’84.5cm; 33D in blade£700-90078